Table A6-1
Packages and Expedited Received - by Delivery Company
(Percentage of Pieces Received by Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Carrier Percent
1987 2006 2007
United States Postal Service:      
First-Class and Priority 15.4 40.7 29.6
Express Mail 0.7 0.7 1.0
Third-Class Single Piece 2.3 N/A N/A
Standard Mail Total 25.1 20.6 24.6
  Standard Mail Regular 25.1 18.5 21.2
  Standard Mail Regular Enhanced Carrier Route 0.6 0.7
  Standard Mail Regular Not Flat-Machinable N/A N/A 0.6
  Standard Mail Nonprofit 1.2 2.0
  Standard Mail Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier Route 0.3 0.1
  Standard Mail Nonprofit Not Flat-Machinable N/A N/A 0.2
Parcel Post - Total 4.9 6.1 7.2
  Non-DBMC Parcel Post 4.9 1.5 2.2
  DBMC Parcel Post 4.6 5.0
Bound Printed Matter - Total 8.9 5.9 8.9
  Single Piece Bound Printed Matter 2.9 N/A N/A
  Bulk Rate Bound Printed Matter 6.0 N/A N/A
Special Standard Mail 9.7 3.5 3.6
Library Rate 0.1 0.2 0.3
Other/Can't classify 1.1 1.5 2.0
No answer 3.4 2.0 0.7
   Total USPS 71.7 81.1 77.9
Other Carriers:      
United Parcel Service Total 23.6 12.0 14.6
United Parcel Service -- Next Day Air 1.6 0.5 0.6
United Parcel Service -- Second Day Air 0.9 0.8 1.8
United Parcel Service -- 3 Day Select/Ground 21.1 10.7 12.2
Federal Express 0.3 4.0 4.0
Emery 0.0 N/A N/A
Roadway 0.1 ƒ ƒ
DHL/Airborne N/A 0.9 1.3
Other 0.5 0.8 0.5
   Total Other Carriers 27.8 17.6 20.4
Don't know/no answer 3.6 1.2 1.5
   Total  100.0 100.0 100.0
   Total Packages Per Household 0.3 0.6 0.6
Data was not collected prior to 1997.
Special Standard Mail includes Media Mail. 
ƒNot collected after 2001.